Combination child&#39;s bed and chair.



0. A. KOENI G & A. VALLEB. COMBINATION CHILD'S BED AND CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. 1905.

PATENTED JUNE 26,1906.

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. PA TENTBD JUNE 26, 1906. G. A. KOENIG & J. A. VALLEE.

COMBINATION CHILDS BED AND CHAIR. APPLIO AAAA N P. IIIIIII E s, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. KOENIG AND JOHN A. VALLEE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALI- FORNIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed June 5,1905. Serial No. 263.779.

To all whom, it may concern/.-

. Be it known that we, CHARLES A. KOENIG and JOHN A. VALLEE, citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have in vented new and useful Improvements in a Combination Childs Bed and Chair, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a piece of furniture which is especially designed for a childs use.

It consists of a framework jointed to be folded or unfolded, having a seat attachment, also a canvas hammock to form a bed, and upon one side of the frame-sections are rockers, as used on a cradle.

The accompanying drawings show one position of the device, in which Figure 1 shows the device set up in chair form. Fig. 2 shows it arranged as a cradle. Fig. 3 shows it as a movable inclosureor a bed. Fig. 4 is a separate view of the seat.

The frame A A is made rectangular in form, and upon one side the framework is curved to form rockers, as shown at 2. The central bars of the two portions A and A are a hinged together, as shown at 3, so that when set up on end, as shown in Fig. 1, it forms an inclosure of sufficient height to receive a seat 4, and thus provide a child's high chair for the table.

The seat is supported upon lugs or brackets, as shown at 5, and in order to hold the child in place a strap, as at 6, passes around the rear bars of the structure and preferably through a loop, which will prevent its slipping out of place. The buckle is then fastened around the childs Waist and prevents its falling out.

If it is desired to form a cradle of the device, it is turned down so as to rest upon one side upon the rockers 2. The seat portion 4 is then moved to close one end and forms a headboard. The other end, which is shown open in the drawings, is closed and braced by means of brace-bars 7, hinged to said end and normally concealed in line with the bottom bars of the frame, but capable of being turned inwardly so as to unite in the center, and thus form a cross, as is partially indicated in the drawings. A canvas hammock 8 is provided with hooks upon the edges, and when the device is standing upon the rockers this canvas may be stretched across and hung upon parallel bars upon opposite sides.

By folding the parts A A about the hinges so that the upper part is in line with the lower part it will form an inclosure the rockers then being at each end of the lnclosure, and as the bars have casters 9 secured to them in suitable positions it will be posslble to move the frame about easily. Thus a child being placed in the apparatus 1s prevented from gettin into danger, and at the same time it is ab e to walk and can push itself around in the light inclosure thus formed.

The canvas hammock 8 is capable of being stretched across the framework when 1n this position in the same manner as lndlcated in Fig. 2, but by attachin the hooks to the transverse bars 10, whic will be in positlon to receive it when the parts are opened, as described. The device thus forms a c0nven ient piece of furniture capable of being used in a variety of ways either as a high or low chair, a stationary bed, a cradle, or safety inclosure and is particularly useful for small rooms, where it can be folded lnto small compass when not needed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.

1. A device consisting of rectangular frames each open at one side and havlng open ends, hinges at the meeting ends of the sections, rockers upon the frames opposite to the hinges, movable means for partially clos ing the open ends of the frames, and a hammock having means engaging the frames whereby said hammock is extended and supported.

2. A device consisting of rectangular frames with connecting-hinges at one end said frames each having one side and both ends open, rockers fixed transversely upon the sides opposite to the hinges, a hammock and means for attaching and suspending it between the sides, and movable closures and braces fitted to opposite ends of the structure and adapted to partially close the open ends.

3. A device consisting of rectangular frames hin ed together at their meeting ends and foldab le to lie upon one side or to stand upon end said frames each open on one side and having both ends open, a seat fitting be tween the sides, and means intermediate of the open ends of the frames, for securing the seat at different elevations between the sides.

4. A device comprising rectangular frames hinged together at their meeting ends and foldable to lie upon one side or to stand, upon end said frames each open at one side and both ends, a seat fitting between the sides, means for securing the seat at different elevations and positions between the sides, and a flexible strap or band attached to the frame so as to be secured about the body of the occupant of the seat.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. KOENIG. JOHN A. VALLEE. Witnesses:

GEO. T. KNOX, L. W. HUNT. 

